Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework.
America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.
There was a time when I desperately wanted to be part of a Yash Chopra film, not because he was a great director, but because I was an outsider and I wanted that validation of being accepted in the film industry.
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans.
You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money. And when they disappear, it's a pity.
True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits.
Some lucky people can be funny without half trying because they actually look funny, because acting funny is in their bones - fun as funny, not funny as crude slapstick.
I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile.
Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.
Retarding the aging process would be therapy and enhancement because it would mean defeating diseases and because it would extend our life span.
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.
I knew that Jesus loved me, not because the Bible told me so but because my heart was informed by love. And later, for that same reason, I knew I was attracted to boys.
Because I'm very petite, I try not to wear things that have a heavy pattern because I feel like they overtake you.
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.
Historians are interested in ideas not only because they influence societies, but because they reveal the societies that give rise to them.
Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction.
I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.
